{"id":9529,"date":"2012-05-08T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T00:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2012-05-08T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T00:32:13","slug":"us-stops-alledged-underware-bomb-plot-no-one-stopping-us-terrorist-bombings-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9529","title":{"rendered":"US stops alledged underware bomb plot, no one stopping US terrorist bombings in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>U.S. Bombings Kills Dozens of Afghan Civilians<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Bill Van Auken; 8 May 2012 &#8211; WSWS<\/p>\n<p>US bombardments claimed the lives of dozens of Afghan civilians over the weekend, including women and children, prompting a formal protest from Afghanistan\u2019s President Hamid Karzai Monday, warning that such actions would render the pact he signed last week with US President Barack Obama \u201cmeaningless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>US and NATO spokesmen acknowledged Monday the accuracy of a report from Afghan officials in southern Helmand province that a US helicopter had dropped bombs on a house in the Fatih Mohammad Pech area of Sangin district, killing a mother and her five children, three girls and two boys.<\/p>\n<p>Helmand\u2019s Governor Gulab Mangel denounced the Friday night attack, which was ostensibly aimed at a suspected \u201chideout\u201d for forces resisting the US-led occupation, and demanded an investigation, the Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Badghis province in Afghanistan\u2019s northwest, a US air-strike destroyed homes in the village of Nawboor, killing 15 civilians, including women and children, the district\u2019s provincial member of parliament told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The mass civilian casualties were reportedly inflicted during a hunt by occupation forces for a Taliban commander, Mullah Abdullah Soori, who had been reported taking refuge in the village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe helicopters of foreign forces smashed two houses in the villages,\u201d a resident told PAN.<\/p>\n<p>Civilian casualties were also reported in bombings conducted in Logar and Kapisa provinces, east of Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn bombardments carried out by coalition forces in Logar, Kapisa, Helmand and Badghis provinces since Saturday [May 5] dozens of our innocent fellow countrymen, including women and children, lost their lives and have been martyred,\u201d a statement from Karzai\u2019s office read.  <a href=\"http:\/\/mostlywater.org\/us_bombings_kills_dozens_afghan_civilians\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; 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